Today’s playlist includes a handful of songs by The Monkees, whose Micky Dolenz turns 79 today.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 11-2-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the November 2 birthdays of Nelly, k.d. lang, Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Keith Emerson, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, The Cadillacs’ Earl Carroll, Maxine Nightingale, and J.D. Souther; and the November 3 birthdays of Courtney Barnett, Adam Ant, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, John Barry, Onyx’s Sticky Fingaz, Lulu, Robert Miles, Icicle Works’ Ian McNabb, Mable John, The Subways’ Billy Lunn, and Lucas.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (11-3-20)
Inspired by the November 3 birthdays of Courtney Barnett, Adam Ant, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, Lulu, John Barry, Lucas, Mable John, Onyx’s Sticky Fingaz, Icicle Works’ Ian McNabb and The Subways’ Billy Lunn.
Jimmy Page: Pre-Zeppelin
(I meant to post this yesterday, but I entered the wrong date on the schedule. Oopsie!)
Before founding Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, who turns 72 years old today, was an in-demand musician. Here are twenty pre-Zeppelin tracks on which he played:
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Throwback Thursday – 1967
I heard the news today. Oh boy! The Beatles’ recordings are now available on streaming platforms, including Spotify.
To celebrate, Tunes du Jour kicks off its 1967 playlist this Throwback Thursday with The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” a song that combines an unfinished song from John Lennon, inspired by newspaper articles, with one from Paul McCartney, a reflection of his school days.
Here are twenty of 1967’s finest musical moments.
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Maurice and Robin Gibb
Lead vocals on most of the Bee Gees’ hits were handled by Barry Gibb; however, some were sung by his younger brother Robin, while Robin’s twin, Maurice, occasionally took the role on album tracks.
Though not the lead singers, Robin and Maurice co-wrote most of the trio’s hits with Barry. They also did a lot of extracurricular producing and writing.
Marking the birthday of Robin and Maurice Gibb, today’s playlist consist of Bee Gees tracks on which one of them sang lead, plus outside recordings Robin and/or Maurice worked on. As much of their work for other acts was done with their older brother, I steered clear of duplicating songs that were on the playlist for Barry Gibb’s birthday.
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